Phillips Books

The publishers' reviews above give you an idea of the plot, but not of the beauty of the writing or the way that it blends together the fantastic, impossible, and purely human to create a book that (I found, at least) lingers with you long after you've finished it. We begin with Rye, suffering from amnesia but more importantly synesthesia, a disorder in which sight, sound, touch and taste all merge and change places in her 'fevers,' leaving her inhabiting a world where the everyday is bizarre-- and then the bizarre starts happening. As Rye and her manipulative, guilt-ridden guardian/lover/betrayer Bardo shift from one world to another, she searches through her own madness and the happenings around her to try to untangle the truth before it's too late for her. In the end, tho', it's Rye and Bardo's humanity that makes this book worth reading, and the simplicity of the emotions with which the story ends. I read a *lot* of scifi/fantasy; I thought this was outstanding when I read it, and a month later I still find myself thinking about it. Definitely an original, and well worth reading.

A colleague had this book and we all used it on a regular basis because, as engineers, our job requires us to present everything with data. Therefore, we need to understand the statistics behind the data. This book is very easy to read and understand for those of us that have some statistical background but are not experts. It was a great reference for our group. Now that that colleague has left, we needed to get another copy!!

Arrived quickly and in Great condition!

Pulling from many different disciplines and media (town records, letters, published literature, etc.), Phil Round examines the many different discourses that were swirling around New England when our American mindset started to coalesce. He finds that Puritanism, while a large part of our heritage, was not the only way of thinking present in the 17th century--we were much more varied and secular than is genererally represented in history.

Phil Round is an exceptional lecturer--funny and engaging as well as critically sound. His book very much mirrors his fine lectures.

Highly recommended. Would pair nicely with Philip Fisher's Still the New World for an American lit and culture syllabus.

This one was first published in 1978 and was selected as a Junior Literary Guild selection, for older readers. The book is not just of interest for junior readers though. It is loaded with much interesting (if not overly technical) information and the black and white illustrations and photographs alone make the book worth owning. The books is well written and quite readable. If you can find a copy and if this is an area of interest, it is certainly one I would recommend for your collection.

As a lifelong and devoted student of Lewis -- and one who has read, re-read, written about, and lectured on Mere Christianity -- I was startled and deeply gratified to learn that the master conceived his touchstone idea, composed the masterpiece that conveys it, and perfected his popular, lean, direct apologetic style under what can only be regarded as the tutelage of the BBC. The late Justin Phillips (who died before completing his book: the manuscript was edited and brought to publication by his daughter Laura Treneer) first provides a genuinely riveting war-time context as only a lifelong BBC-man could. He then captures, with ample narrative skill and astonishingly adroit quotations from correspondence, the "Beeb's" persistence and scalpel-like judgment, as well as CSL's reservations, vexations, achievement, and finally his overwhelming success. Along the way the reader gets a concrete feel for Lewis's travel, work-habits, friendships and homelife which, though not entirely new, are utterly fresh (for example, the contributions of Jill Freud . . . ) And as a bonus we are treated to a chapter on Dorothy L. Sayers and the BBC: The corporation was sorely overmatched! From now on, Richard Baxter + CSL = Mere Christianity must become Baxter + Lewis X the BBC = Mere Christianity and a good deal of the master's pellucid style.

John Carroll and Virginia Rainy have done a marvelous job on the California the Beautiful Cookbook. The book is an excellent addition to anyone's coffee-table collection, as well as an inspiring work for the moderately experienced cook. John has spent years as a personal chef in California - his experience, excellent taste, and personal warmth are infused in this wonderful cookbook. His recipes are practical and incredibly delicious. My personal favorite is the crab-salad sandwich on sourdough, I've served it to many guests and always with rave reviews. This cookbook is divided into regions of California. In becoming acquainted with the book you are becoming acquainted with the culinary traditions of a myriad of cultures and flavors. This is a must-have cookbook for the serious collector - I can't believe it's out of print - do yourself a favor and find a used copy of California the Beautiful, a cookbook you will use and enjoy over and over again!

What a fantastic resource and a pure delight in its designs, colours and techniques. One could prattle on forever.
Keeping it short & sweet, the book is fabulous. The author & photographer did the ultimate honour to Camille Faure, the known members of the studio and all the unknown artists. Obviously this art does truely honour the French saying "Be original & be different". Fantastic!

Cardinals is a novel that questions traditional notions of love, family, geneology, and family. Head hints at incest and breaks down the binaries of father-daughter, master-slave, man-woman. THe book is a quick read (under 2 hours). THe dialogue is bizarre, as are the characters and at moments, I felt an urge to scream from the insanity of it all. However, Head is a revolutionary, challenging the Immorality Acts of the 60s in apartheid South Africa, and questioning the existence of an entire colored population. The book is surprisingly moving, especially the essays at the end. A great read!

Looks like Amazon has a little typo here- the cover of the book actually says, "Castle". No plural.
I found it from its ISBN on Amazon as after purchasing the book at Toys R Us and loving it, I want to find more like it. It's a lift-the-flap book with fabulous drawings and tonnes of interesting information. For example- did you know that poor people had to pay to use the castle's oven? they weren't allowed to bake bread in their homes. I didn't know that. That's crazy-talk. Or how about, they'd eat eels and fish from the moat... that castle sewage flowed into. Eeeew. But cool! Now I can bring that up at the next hoity-toity dinner party I throw. And don't doubt I will. Oh, it's on.
Fancy dinner parties aside, this book is ideal for grade school kids or anyone who enjoys nice drawings and learning a couple things they didn't already know. It has great cutaways of the inner workings of the castle, what would happen at jousts, during sieges..., and fancy dinner parties!